Two SpaceX rocket flights happen less than five hours apart.

 The two orbital missions lifted off on Friday (March 17) at 3:26 p.m. ET and 7:38 p.m. ET.

SpaceX successfully completed two orbital flights on Friday, pulling off a St. Patrick's Day doubleheader. (March 17).

 

The show started at 3:26 p.m. EDT (19:26 GMT), when California's Vandenberg Space Force Base launched 52 of SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites into space.

 

Then, from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, a Falcon 9 hauling the SES-18 and SES-19 communication satellites launched at 7:38 p.m. EDT (2338 GMT).

The Starlink satellites were launched into low Earth orbit (LEO) on schedule, and the Falcon 9 successfully delivered SES-18 and SES-19 into geosynchronous transfer orbit. Both missions proceeded as planned.


The first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sits on a drone ship shortly after landing on March 17, 2023. The rocket came back to Earth after launching the SES-18 and SES-19 telecommunications satellites.  (Image credit: SpaceX)

52 Starlink satellites will join more than 3,700 other spaceships in SpaceX's massive broadband constellation, which will keep expanding for a very long time: Elon Musk's business has received approval to place 12,000 Starlink satellites in LEO, and it has requested authorization to loft an additional 30,000 satellites.

 

SES-18 and SES-19 traveled farther. In geostationary orbit, which is located about 22,200 miles (35,700 kilometers) above our globe, the pair will be together. According to EverydayAstronaut.com, they will offer digital broadcasting access to North America from that vantage point.

The two flights on Friday marked SpaceX's 18th and 19th of the year. And the launches will continue: Musk predicted that SpaceX would be able to launch up to 100 orbital flights by 2023.

Reference: Space.com


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